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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS FISCHER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB, TO WRIGHTS AUTO- MATIC TOBACCO PACKING MACHINE COMPANY, OF DURHAM', NORTH CAROLINA,

A CORPORATION 0F WEST VIRGINIA.

LABELING MACHINE.

Application and :une s, 1920. sei-iai No. 386,299.

To ZZ whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, LoUls FISCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phila delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Labeling Machines, of which the following is a specifica` tion.

My present invention relates toimprove ments in apparatus for applying labels or wrappers to packages or artic es of a generally or approximately rectangular form,` it being particularly applicable to the labeling or wrapping of packages of tobacco, cigarettes and the like, although it is obviously applicable to other uses which will suggest themselves to those familiar with apparatus of this class.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and generally improved apparatus of this kind which is capable of operating with certainty, rapidity and efliciency in the applying, folding and aflixing r of the labels or wrappers to the packages or other articles to be labeled or wrapped.` To this end, the invention provides novel means for feeding the labels or wrappers and registering them with the packages to insure correct and uniform application of the labels or wrappers, improved means for feeding the packages and for manipulating them in conjunction with the labels or wrappers to cause application of the labels or wrappers .to the packages, and novel and improved r means for making the successive folds Vto cause enveloping of the package by the label or wrapper, these successive folds being made in a simple manner and rapidly, by virtue of the fact that they are made mainly by movements of the packages through the machine. A further object of the invention is to provide relatively simple and efficient means for ejecting the labeled or wrapped packages from the machine into a f conveyer from which the packages may be removed, or otherwise handled, as circumstances may require.

The present invention provides a machine which is especially adapted to make a label or wrapper which is doubled around one end of the package and is folded to form fla s at the otherend of the adjacent sides of t e package, the labelv or wrapper being particuifeatures of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.,

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a front elevation of a labeling or wrapping machine constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 2 represents a cross section through the machine on the line 2 2 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow;

Figure 3'is a top plan View of the machine as shown in Figure 1; Figure 4 is a detail view partly in plan and partly in horizontal section showing the label or wrapper folding mechanisms and part of the mechanism for feeding the labels or wrappers to the folding mechanisms;

Figure 5 represents a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 and looking in the direction ofthe arrow;

Figure 6 is a detail view showing in top plan a portion of the label or wrapper feeding mechanism and the gumming device;

Figure 7 represents a section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6 looking in the directionof the arrow;

Figure8 represents a section on the line 8 8 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrow and illustra-ting in detail the left hand-first folder;

Figure 9 represents a section on the line 9-9 of Figure 5 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing in detail the right hand first folder;

Figure 10 represents a section on the line 10-10 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing in detail a part of the label or wrapper feeding mechanism and the package advancing mechanism;

Figure 11 represents a partial section on the line 11-11 of Figure 5, showin in detail a trough or channel through wiich the packages are fed to the label receiving point and the stops for arresting the advance of the packages;

Figure 12 represents a sectionon the line 12-12 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing in detail the package feeding mechanism;

Figure 13 represents a section on the l1ne 13-13 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrow and illustrating in detail a part of the label or wrapper feeding mechanism and the device which -registers the label or wrapper with the package;

Figure 14 is a detail view partly in top' plan and partly in section on the line 14-14 of Figure 15 showing the package and a label or wrapper registered and in readiness for the first folding operation;

Figure 15 represents a vertical section on the line 15-15 of Figure 14, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Figure 16 is a detail view showing in top plan the folding mechanism which effects the first folds;

Figure 17 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line 17-17 of Figure 16, looking in the direction o f the arrow and showing the package and the label or wrapper after the first folding operation has been performed;

Figure 18 representsa cross section on the line 18-18 of Figure 16 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing in detail the stops which serve to register the label or wrapper when the same is fed to the package.

Figure 19 shows the appearance of the package and the label or wrapper as viewed from the right in Figure 17 after the first folding operation has been performed;

Figure 20 is a detail view in top plan, showing the package and the label or wrapper after the same have been partially advanced to perform the second folding operation;

Figure 21 is a View partly in elevation and partly in section on the line 21-21 of Figure A20, showing the parts in the position which they occupy in Figure. 20;

Figure 22 is a view similar to Figure 20 but showing the ackage and its label or wrapper in a furt er advanced position at which the third folding operation is performed;

Figure 23 is a view partly in elevation and l partly in section showing the package and its label or wrapper, and also the folding mechanism in the position shown in Figure 22" Figure 24 represents a section on the line 24-24 of Figure 25, looking downwardly ,fand illustrating in detail the mechanism which performs the, final folding operations; i

Figure; 25'represents on an enlarged scale a partial section on the line 25--25 of Figure 1;

Figure 26 represents a section on the line 26-26 of Figure I27, showing the package with its label or wrapper advanced to a position to be received by the conveyer which performs the final folding operations upon the label or'wrapper; Y

Figure 27 represents a section on the line 27-27 of Figure 26;

Figure 28 representsl a section on the line 28-28 of Figure 27, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Figure 29 represents a section on the line 29-29 of Figure 30, looking downwardly and showing the appearance of the label or wrapper after the package, together with its label or wrapper, has been transferred to the conveyer and the final side folds have been made;

Figure 30 represents a section on the line 30-30 of Figure 29;

l Figure 31 represents a section on the line 31-31 of Figure 30, looking inthe direction of the arrow;

Figure 32 represents on an enlarged scale a partial section on the line 24-24 of Figure 25, showing one of the packages and its label or wrapper, after the Same have been partially advanced by the conveyer and two of the end folds have been made;

Fi ure 33 represents a cross section on the line 33-33 of Figure 32;v

Figure 34 represents an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 32, as viewed y from the right;

Figure 35 represents a cross section on the line 35-35 of Figure 32';

Figure 36 represents a cross section on the line 36-36 of Figure 32;

Figure 37 represents across section on the line 37-37 of Figure 32; g

Figure 38 is a diagrammatic view showing the package and its label or wrapper assembled and registered preparatory to the first folding operation;

Figure 39 is a diagrammatic view showing the package and its label or wrapper after the first folding operation has been performed;

Figure 40 is a diagrammatic Viewv showing the package and its label or wrapper after the package and wrapper have been advanced a step and the next or second folding operation has been performed;

Figure 41 is a diagrammatic view show- Figure 42 is a diagrammatic view show-'5 ing the appearance of the label after the agesof tobacco, cigarettes and the like.

package and its label or wrapper have been transferred to the lconveyer and the nal side folds have been made;

`Figure 43 shows they appearance of the label or ywrapper after the two rcorners of thefnally folded end of the label or wrapper have been folded; and

Figure 44 shows the appearance of the finished label or wrapper after the final end fold has been made.

Similarparts are designated by the same referenceL characters in the several views.

The machine which is shown in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter described in detail, is especially adapted for the labelingv or Wrapping of paclIit is to be understood, however. that the machine shown in the. present instance is but one embodiment of the invention, that the invention Vmay be applied to other uses for the labeling or wrapping of packages of.

other kinds and to the labeling or wrapping of articles of various kinds, and that thevv invention is not confined to the particular construction shown, nor to the particular use described, as equivalent constructions and other uses of the invention are contemplated and these will be included within-the scope of the claims.

The machine comprises preferably a table 1 supported Aon a suitable framework or base 2, the table serving to support the various mechanisms of the machine, on its upper side, and providing space beneath it folthe necessaryv cams and other operating devices for the different mechanisms. The labels or wrappers are fed to the machine, from any suitable sheet feeding mechanism, by a table 3 along which the labels or wrap pers are adapted `to travel, while resting flatwise on the label feedingr table, between a pair of suitably spaced flanges or lguides v4, the labels or Wrappersbeing advanced Vin the present instance by an endless chain 5 which has hooks 6 thereon, which project upwardly through and operate longitudinally in a slot 7 formed in the label feeding table 3. The chain 5 passes over a sprocket wheel 8, fixed to a shaft 9, the latter being journalled in a part of the stationary frame of the machine and this shaft -9 is driven by a chain 10 which in turn is driven from ythe shaft 11, the latter being preferably journalled in suitable bearings in the lowerframe of the machine and, as shown, it is driven by the gearing 12 from the main shaft 13, the latter being also preferably journalled in the lower frame of the machine and'being provided with a pulley or equivalent means 14, by which it receives power for the operation ofthe various mechanisms of the machine. This main camsw ich serve to actuate different mechanisms of the machine and all mechanisms of the machine are actuated either directlyr or indirectly from this main shaftl 13. The vmain shaft is preferably provided with a clutch '15, which may be of any suitable form to enable the machine to be started and stopped at will, the clutch in the present instance being controlled from a. clutch lever 16 and a hand wheel 17 is preferably fixed on the main shaft to enablel it to be rotated by hand into any desired position the longitudinal lines of gum e and the spots of gum d to the upper side of each label or wrapper during its advance past the gum-y ming device. Preferably, and as shown in Figures 6 and 7, the gumming device is mounted above the label or wrapper feeding table 3, it being shown in the present instance as mounted on a bracket 18 fastened to the label feeding table, or other suitable support, the bracket supporting a gum pot` 19 and the cooperative devices which receive the gum from the pot and apply it to the appropriate parts of the label or wrapper. As shown, a main gum roll 20 is `iournalled in or above the gum pot, its periphery being constantly emersed in the gum contained Vin the pot and in contact with a gum distributing roll 21, this roll 21 'serving totransfer the gum fromit to a second gum roll 22. The gum rolls 20, 21 and 22 are'preferably ldriven in unison with their contacting pe# ripheries loving in the same direction and at the same peripheral speed by a gear 23 fixed on the shaft of the gum roll 20, intermeshing pinions 24 and 25 fixed on the shafts of the gum rolls 21 and 22 and a chain or equivalent driving device 26 which connects the shaft for the main gum roll 20 to the shaft 9, the latter being driven, as previously described, from the shaft 11. The gum or adhesive which is applied to the labels or wrappers is removed from the gum roll 22, the gum applying device comprising preferably a pair of segmental plates 27 which are fixed on and concentric with a shaft 28, the peripheral lengths of these plates being equal to the lines of gum c which are to be applied to the longitudinal edges of the label or wrapper. The gum applying device also comprises a pair of arms 29, which are also fixed to the shaft 28 and are provided with projections 30 yon their peripheries, which are adapted to contact with the periphery ofthe gum roll 22'to take up gum therefrom and to contact with the upper surface of the label or wrapper to apply the gum spots (l thereto adjacent to its ends. The shaft 2S carrying the gum applying devices is driven in the present instance by a gear 3l which meshes with the gear 25 of the gum roll 22, and the Speed of rotation of thc shaft 28 is such that the periphera speed of the gum applying plates 27 and arms 29 will be equal to the speed at which the label or wrapper is advanced. In order to facilitate the application of the gum to the labels or wrappers without retarding, or otherwise interfering with the advance of the labels, the surface of the label feeding table on which ,the labels or wrappers rest during their advance, may be cut away at the point where the gum is applied, and a smooth surfaced roller 32. may set opposite to the gum applying device to support the label and to sustain the pressure applied to it by the gum applying device. This roller 32 is preferably mounted to ro, tateat the same speed as that of the gum applying device, it being driven from the shaft 28 by the gear 32HL which engages the gear 3l. It will be understood that during the advance of each label or wrapper along the label feeding table, the same will be supplied with the longitudinal lines of gum c and the gum spots ri adjacent to its `ends.

The label feeding table is provided with devices which pick up the labels or wrappers and advance them to the package receiving position. These label advancing devices, as shown in Figures 4, 5, l0 and 13, consists of pairs of friction rollers between which the labels or wrappers pass. One pailr of friction rollers comprises the upper rollers 33 which are fixed on the common shaft 34, the end of this shaft being journalled in arms 35 which are pivoted to the opposite sides of the label feeding table by the pivot pins 36, so that these upper rollers 33 are capable of moving vertically, and these upper rollers bear upon lower` friction rollers 37, the latter being fixed on shafts 38 journalled in fixed bearings at the underside of the label feeding table and are connected at. their outer ends by gearing 39, which gearing is 4driven by gears 40 on the shaft 9. ly this arrangement, the lower friction rollers 37 are driven at the same peripheral speed and in the proper direction to advance a label or wrapper inserted between them and the upper rollers 33, and the necessary pressure between the upper and lower feed rollers is produced and maintained by tension springs 4l, which are connected to the arms 35 on which the upper rollers 33 are carried. vThe meeting peripheries of the upper and' lower rollers 33 and 37 are located at approximately the lane of the upper surface of the label feeding table 3, in consequence of which the forward end of a label advanced by the chain 5, will enter between the upper and lower rollers and by virtue of the rotation of these rollers, the label will be picked up from the chain 5 and it will be advanced by the friction rollers 33 and 37. At a further point along the length of the label feeding table is located another pair of upper and lower feed rollers which receive the label or wrapper from the feed rollers 33 and 37 and effect the furtherl advance of the label. As shown in detail in Figure 13, these latter feed rollers comprise upper friction rollers,

42, the outer ends of the shafts of which are provided with pinions 43, and lower friction rollers 44, the outer ends of the shafts of which are provided with pinions which mesh with the pinions 43, whereby the upper and lower feed rollers 42 and 44 respectively, will be driven in unison, the pinions 45 meshing with pinions 46 fixed on the opposite ends of a common or connecting shaft 47. Motion may be transmitted to the feed rollers 42 and 44 by a chain 48 which cooperates with sprocket Wheels 49 and 50, the feed rollers 42 and 44 being driven at the same peripheral speed as the feed rollers 33 and 37, and the requisite pressure between the upperrfeed rollers 42 and the lower feed rollers 44 is produced and maintained preferably by the springs 4l, which, as shown in Figure 4, are connected to brackets 51 which are pivoted on pins 52 at opposite sides of the label feeding table and carry the upper feed rollers 42.

The feed rollers 42 and 44 advance the labels or wrappers to the point where the package or article to be labeled or wrapped is introduced. This point is beyond the end of the label feeding table and at the delivery end of a trough or channel l53 -(Figure 4) along or through which the packages or articles to be labeled are advanced successively. A channel 54 along which the packages and their labels are advanced, after the labels have been applied tothe packages, forms preferably a continuation of the label feeding table, it having side walls 55 which form the channel through which the package advances, and upstanding flanges 56 which are in effect .continuations of the fianges 4 of the label feeding table, these flanges 56 serving to guide the labels by their longitudinal edges as they are finally brought into the label applying position, and stops 57 are provided on the table 54 to engage the forward edge of the label and to register the label 'with the packages so that during the subsequent folding operation, the labels will be correctly and uniformly folded upon or around the packages. The final feeding movement of each label or wrapper against the stops 57 to secure this registration, is effected by arms 58 which are fixed to a shaft 59, journalled in a suitable stationalg' bracket 60, this shaft having an arm 61 xed thereto, which carries a roller orl projection 62, whichI cooperates with a cam 63. The roller or projection 62 is held against the cam 63 by a spring 64, and the cam shaft 65 is driven at l appropriate speed by a chain 66', this c ain l0 forward and downwardly 1n an arc which carries them to or slightly below the surface of the label feeding table, the label supporting surface of the latterbeing slotted, as at 68, to permitthe tips of these fingers to pass slightly below the surface of the label v supporting table and to assume positions bethe rear ed of the label. These fingers 58 then .swing forward under vthe influence of the spring 64 and under the control of the cam 63 which acts as a gage to limit the extent to which these fingers may label or wrapper has been advanced to this extent, its forward edge will rest against the stops 57, the label will, therefore, be accurately positioned-in an endwise direction between the stops 57 and the fingers 58, and it will also be accurately positioned laterally between the upstanding flanges 56. stops 57 may be adjustable to accommodate labels or wrappers of different lengths `or to facilitate adjustment of the machine to secure proper registration between the labels and the packages. :As shown, these stops are secured in position by slotted portions .through which fastening screws extend.

The packages or articles to be labeled are advanced to the label applying position through the trough or channel 53, as shown in Figures4 and 12. The trough or channel 53 leads from a hopper or magazine 70, in which the packages or articles to be labeled are stacked, the magazine shown being adapted to receive a stack of the packages resting by gravity, one upon another with their fiat sides in contact, the'trough or channel 53 leading from the bottom of the' magazine and4 being in the plane of the lowermost package inthe ma azine. Removal of the packages from t e magazine and the advancing of the packages to the point. Where the labels or wrappers are applied thereto, is effected by a plunger 71 (Figure 12), which is mounted to recipro- When the The cate longitudinally in the trou h 53 and transversely across the bottom o the m azine. This plunger as shown, is provi ed with a rack with which a gear segment 72 cooperates, this gear segment being fixed on a shaft 73 to which a pinion 74 islfixed, and a rack 75 cooperates with the pinion 74 to transmit a to-and-fro movement to the plunger 71, as the rack 75 is reciprocated its cam 76 on the main shaft 13. Each time the plunger 71 is retracted into its position shown in Figure 12, the stack of ackages in the magazine 70 will drop, ringing the lowermost package upon the bottom of the trough 53;- and each forward stroke of the plunger 71 will cause it to engage the lowermost package in the magazine, push this package from beneath the stack 1n the magazine to bring this ackage up to the package in the trough 53 w ich occupies the position represented by the package b (Figure 12), and the final portion` of the forward stroke of the plunger -will cause the vpackage b, which is ahead of lthe package engaged by the plunger, to be advanced to the label applying position. The'advancin movement of this packa e to the label appl-y' ing position is limited y a pair of stops 77, which are located beyond the trough or channel 73, as will, appear frm Figures 11 and 12, and during the final movement of the package into the label applying position, the package is guided laterally by a pair of spaced plates 78. The plates 78 preferably support the limit stops 77 for the package, and these plates are mounted on a stationary bracket or support 79 which overhang the path of the label or wrapper. Preferably, and as shown, these plates 78 are capable of yielding to some extent and have a tendency to move y toward one another, in or'der that they may accommodate themselves to the packages which are received between them and support the packages between them. The lower edges of the plates 78 are also preferably inturned, as at 80, (Figure 5), so that the package may be supported between these plates without danger of dropping.

A plunger 81 (Figures 5 and 12) is mounted in a position above the package, while the same is supported by the plates, 78, this plunger being mounted to reciprocate vertically between the plates 7 8, it being guided by the brackety 79 and provided with a rack 82 which meshes with a gear sector 83, the shaft 84 on which the gear sector is fixed being rocked at appropriate intervals to cause vertical reciprocation of the plunger 81, by the arm 85 which is fixed to the shaft 84 and is operated by a rod 86, the latter being actuated from a cam 87 on the main shaft 13. A companion plunger or platen 88 is mounted opposite to the plunger S1 and it occupies a position beneath the package when the same is supported b y the lates,

78. The plunger 88 is supporte yiel inglly from a cross head 89, by a spring 90, t 1s cross head being connected by rods 91 which extend through a guide 92 toan actuating arm 93, the latter being actuated by an arm 94 which cooperates with a cam 95, which is fixed .on the main shaft 13. The lower plunger or platen 88 operates through an opening or passage-way 96 which is formedv in the table 54, this opening or passage-way J,being directly beneath the package supported by the plates 78 and beneath the plane in which the label or wrapper lies. This opening or passage-way 96 for the plunger 88 also intersects the channel in the `table 54 lower plunger 88 concurrently ascends until it comes against the underside of the label orl wrapper a, aswill appear particularly from Figure 15, the upper plunger 81 moving into sufficiently close proximity to the lower plunger 88 as to cause the lower plunger 88 are pressed firmly together, the label orv tol yield downwardly to some extent relatively to its supporting cross head 89, whereby the package b and the label or wrapper a wrapper at this time'being held in accurate registration. with the package by the stops 57 and registering fingers 58, as well as by the side flanges 56. Thereafter the upper and lower plungers 81 and 88 respectively descend in unison, the package being forced -downwardly from its position between the plates 78 and during this movement of the package the rst folding operation is performed.. These first folds in the package are produced by a pair of relatively fixed folders 97 (Figures 16 and 17) which, as shown, are in the form of abutments fixed at opposite sides of the opening 96,4 these folders having recesses 98 at their ends which receive ears which are produced at the four corners of the package incidental to the first folding operation, the folders 97 serving to fold upwardly the longitudinal edges of the label or wrapper duringthe descent of the package and label, and a pair of end folders 99 concurrently fold the wrapper up against the ends of the package. The end folders 99, however, are movable. During the descent of the package incidental to the first folding operation, these end folders are held in elevated position, as shown in Figure 17, but after the package has descended and the first folding operation has been completed, these end folders 99 descend to points at or below the level of the bottom of the package channel inthe table 54, in order to permit unobstructed transfer of the package and the partially folded `label there@ from its position between the cooperating plungers.

` i These end folders may be actuated at 4appropriate intervals in any suitable way, they being mounted in the prsent instance on rods 100 which reciprocate through a guide 101 which also serves as a guide for the rods 91 of thecross heads 89, and the lower ends of the rods 100 of the end folders are connected by arms 102 to a rock shaft 103 (Figure 1), this rock shaft being-journalled in suitablebearings 104 on the underside of the main table 1 and provided at one end with an armor crank 105 which cooperate with a cam 106 which is arranged on the main shaft 13. 4 I

It is to be observed that the pack e b (Figures 14 and 15) is placed on the abel I or wrapper toward one end thereof. .In consequence, the first folding operation wraps' or folds substantially one-half of \the label or wrapper upon the package,

leaving the remainder of the label free or unfolded. Means is preferably provided for moving this free or unattached end of the label or wrapper into upstanding posi- `tion to correspond with lthe upward fold produced at the respective end of the package, such means, according to the present invention, also performing ,the function of creasing or bendingthe vertical or longitudinal edges of thisupstanding portion of the label or wrapper, as indicated in Figure 21, preparatory to the folding down of this portion of the label or wrapper onto the top of the package, as indicated in Figures 22 and 23. Preferably and as shown, this device comprises a pair of fingers 107 which are fixed on shafts 108 journalled in` the table 54 at opposite sides of the package channel therein, these fingers being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of the package so that when these ingersproject upwardly, as shown in Figure 21, the upstanding end of the labeloz wrapper will be forced between these fingers, and in passing between these fingers, the llongitudinal or vertical edges of the upstanding portion of the label or wrapper willbe creased or folded on lines correspending substantially to the corners. or edges' of the package to` which' they are to be applied. These fingers are adapted toy fit into recesses 109 formed in the tops of the side walls of the package channel in the table 54 and they are folded down into these recessesyat the time the label or wrapper is fed into .a position to receive the package. The fingers are provided with means for swinging them upwardly into substantially the position shown in Figure 21, while the package is forced downwardly by the concurrent descent of the plungers 81 and 88, the upward swing of the fingers 107 carrying the flat unattached or unfolded end of 

